La Carrillana Deposit

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Boron-Borates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006067
MRDS ID BL10361
Record type Site
Current site name La Carrillana Deposit
Alternate or previous names Boratera La Carrillana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.08144, -21.14285 (WGS84)
Elevation 3650
Relative position 15 KM S52W OF CHIGUANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ulexite Ore
Halite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.08144, -21.14285

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.03M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salar De Chiguana

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD DUMPS STILL EXIST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLIVIAN, O., AND RISACHER, F., 1981, LOS SALARES DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: PARIS, ORSTOM, 246P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS 1 SQ KM IN AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1991 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.